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An item in The Advance last week in regard to a large egg laid by a mediumâ€"sized hen, tempted a reader to enquire as to the record for size in hen‘s eggs. The record m the Poreupine camp, so far as known, was made by an egg that measured seven and threequarter inches in cireumferenee by six and a half inches. ~The Porcupine, though a large area itself, is inâ€" cliged to emphasize quality rather than size. . Some years ago when the Dominisn election returns woere h"eing recerived at Londonâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Creek and The Border Cities Star wants to know what has become of the oldâ€"fasâ€" hioned wife who used to darn the elbows of papa‘s coat that he wore out going through swinging doors. The answer is that the dear lady some years ago eloped with the oldâ€"fashioned husband who used to mind the baby and do the housework when his wife was sick with the cold she contracted while going through the snow to attend the meeting of the sewing circle. Times change, A recent text book on journalism defines ‘‘news"‘ as ‘‘what you find in the newspapers.‘‘ If this is so, and if The Toronto Star is a newspaper, then the feat of Geo. Young, the young Aberdonian from Toronto, who won $25,000.00 in a swimming race some days ago, is certainly ‘‘*NEWS,"" in capital letters. In the Monday evening‘s issue of The Toronto Star there are, by actual count, no less than fiftyâ€"seven separate and distinet articles on (Geo. Young, his feat, his hands, his smile, his mother, his trainer‘s relaâ€" tions and people who knew him when he was a boy. The Star missed one good item about Geo. Yoimg. _ There was once a Chinaman of the same name living here in Timmins. He was perhaps the swiftest waiter who ever served the public at Fat‘s Cafe. _ When he became a naturalized British subject he changed his name. He is still, however, one of the brightest and tastestâ€"moving of all the Young men here or elsewhere. It would be easy to show how this has a bearing on George Young winning the Catalina swimâ€" ming contest. A picture of the two George Youngs would have been approâ€" priate for Monday‘s Star to go along with the twentyâ€"seven otirer Young affair prictures that The Star did publish. The Star devoted over forty colâ€" umns of space Monday evening to references of one sort or another to the young Canadian lad who distinguished himself by his prowess in the water. The Star apparently takes to the water as naturally as George Young or the Hon. Mr. Raney. The city of Guelph, Ontario, is rather putting on airs because the mayor of the municipality wore a gown at the inaugural meeting of the new city council this year. Guelph has no innovations that can not be duplicated in this North Land. The Reeve of Tisdale Township wore a gown at the inâ€" augural meeting of the township council this year. A lady, commenting on the reference in The Advance last week to the several accidents sustained by the Prince of Wales in the hunting field, sugâ€" gests that the comment might read: **They call the Prince, ‘Heir to the Thronc,‘ but he seems more often to be ‘Thrown to the Air‘.‘‘ It is a hard worldâ€"this North Land Any drug addict who has difficulty in securing a supply of his favourite dope should get in touch with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. If the drug addict is lucky, ho mamy be supplied with a male nurse, and if he loves the nurse and the nurse loves him, he may be cured of the drug habit by being supplied with the drug he craves. The plan proposed by Mr. Hanes for solving the two problems include the transferring of all the settlers to the fertile clay belt of the North Land and the reversion of the country thus dealt with to its former forest state. He suggests the forming of a forest reserve to include a belt comprising material parts of Western Renfrew County, Haliburton, Muskoka, Parry Sound, Nipissing and the two Algomas. Reforestation in the ordinary sense would not be necessary. The reserve would soon reâ€"forest itself. Ontario would thus have a mighty source of forest wealth for days to come. The transplanted settlers would have a good opportunity for progress and prosâ€" perity in the new land to which they would be transferred. â€" The plan is practical and economical. Mr. Hanes submitted his plans to the Drury Government eight years ago. They promised consideration, but no action followed. Some time ago Mr. Hanes took up the question with the new Minister of Lands Forests. Hon. Mr. Finlayson has the matter under advisement at present. It is to be hoped that the proposal is not pigeonâ€"holed and forgotten. Consideration and € action would appear to hbe well worth while in this case. Mr. Hanes has noted two of the difficultiecs encountered by Ontario in its forward march, and he has a wellâ€"considered plan that would solve both problems at the same time. One of the questions is that of the absolute need for some wellâ€"defined and extended scheme of reforestation. _ Mr. Hanes points out that toâ€"day the end of Ontario‘s forest wealth is in sight unless something is done. He knew Ontario when the supply of timber in the province seemed almost without limit. But the greed of fire and men and wasteful methods have done their evil work until toâ€"day Ontario forest wealth will be gone in a comparatively few years unless new plans are adopted. The other problem that Mr. Hanes notes is that of the settlers on rocky and unfertile farms. Throughout sections of Renfrew County, Haliâ€" burton, Muskoka, Parry Sound, Nipissing and the Algoma district there are little seattered groups of settlerw on more or less isolated farms where they ean never hope to make a good living. Many of flunfi now barely live by trapping and fishing and other activities apart from tleir farms. So far as the farms are concerned their condition is such as to preclude the hope of real success. other provinces and who knows intimately all the conditions and cireumâ€" stances of which he speaks issentitled to the most careful attention and conâ€" sideration in any plans or proposals he may advocate. From such men the country may reasonably hope to secure advice and assistance in the solving ot some of the problems that present themselves. Mr. J. H. Hanes, who was a visitor to Timmins recently, is one of the men who have the personal knowâ€" ledge and experience suggested. Mr. Hanes has spent half a century on the trarls and canoe routes of Ontario. He has a close and practical knowledge of Ontario generally, with a particularly intimate acquaintance with the northern sections of the province. A man who has spent fif other provinces and who kno A PLAN FOR BETTER SETTLEMENT AND FOR REFORESTATION TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURS., JANUARY 20th, 1927 Thursday, Jan. 20th, 1927 but a newspaper joke can always be reâ€"vamped. "GRAVEL AND SANDU‘â€"AND PLACER Ee Yormmprine Aduance _ TIMMINS, ONTARIC. Member of the Canadian Weekly Nzwspapers Association Published Every Thursday by spent fifty years in exploratory work in Ontario and Subscription Rates : $2.00 per year United States â€" $3.00 per year Telephones Residence 70 Owner and Publisher It is a sad commentary on modern conditions when it is considered a matter of ‘‘news‘‘ to say that a seventeenâ€"yearâ€"old lad does not smoke or drink. The world‘s champion swimmer could not have met success had he followed the plan of some lads who think they can be two kinds of sport at the same time. Mow would it be for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to travel the country with a burglar in active practice under their care, so that they can discover whether or not there are any people buying stolen goods? _ If a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman makes a good nurse for a drug addict, there is no reason why the officer should not be equally satisfactory as a valet for a burglar. It is now six years since the Mattagami Pulp Paper Co. bought pulpâ€" wood from the settlers in this district. Up to date the settlers have not been paid.. There is some hopes now that they will receive twentyâ€"five per cent. of their claims in the near future. The Government should see that the settlers are recouped for the balance. The treatment of the settlers in this matter leaves a bad impression in regard to ‘‘high finance‘‘ methods. / \Mr. Wm. Wrigley, Jr., has for many years been a persistent and conâ€" sistent advertiser in The Porcupine Advance. It has been a pleasure to this paper to introduce to thousands upon thousands of waiting jaws the excelâ€" lent product of the Wrigley factories, for the flavoxr lasts. Four out of five mouths may have pyorrhea, but nine oqout:of ten jaws are wriggley. _ Mr. Wrigley, Jr. set out to make millions of money, and he has done it too, by gum! Ineidentaily, he has come closer than any other man on earth to evolving a system of perpetual motion, as may be noted anytime in any motion picture theatre. Making chewing gum and making money is not the sum total of Mr. Wrigley‘s ambition, however. _ He is only part Scottish. He is ready to spend money as well as to make it. Recently he offered $25,000.00 as a prize for the winner of a swimnming race. The course of the race was from Santa Catalina to the California mainland, a distance of twenâ€" tyâ€"two miles in straight line, and of course much longer if a political course were followed. The prize was won some days ago by a Toronto lad of sevenâ€" teen years of age,â€"George Young,â€"who was the only one of one hundred and two competitors to complete the course. (George was born in Aberdeen, so naturally he was not 1'eady to give up. . Aberdeen is near Scotland, and. Aberdonians are consequently near Scots, as Mr. P. Dougal might say, but would not. Toâ€"day George Young is a hero. His name is in almost as many mouths as Wrigley‘s chewing gum. He is the sole support of his widowed mother, and he says that his whole aim in entering for the Wrigley prize was that he might be able to wriggle out with money enough to provide a nice home and comforts for his mother. He looks like a nice, modest, manly Jad, and he undoubtedly has courage and stamina. He will need all his courage and stamina to withstand the horde of hungry, hysterical hyaenas who are hounding the life out of the poor lad on the pretence that they are newspapermen. â€" His mother is actually ill at present, and the cause seems to be that she has been worried to distraction by the senseless imâ€" portunities of a shoal of scinzillating Scoops who are wearing out their noses snooping around to find out if twins run in the family and whether they use ice with their porridge. George Young has got in the swim, all right, but even the $100,000.00 promised him now in contracts for the use of his name in alleged stories of his life, and the use of his frame in supâ€" posed vaudeville, will be a small enough price for the horrors that he must endure so long as he remains the victim of the prctendl journalists who are yellow in more ways than one. The Advance is proud of George Young! But what pride can an honourable profession find in the hysteria, the lack of good taste, the brazen disregard for the rights of privacy, evidenced in the shameless persecution of good people whose only offence appears to be that they have caught the popular eye and so are considered fair game for the jackals and jackasses of nosey newspaperdom?‘‘ \It is not often that the North Land has to repart even a partial failure in ary of the ecrops. Truth, however, compels the admission that this year‘s cropâ€"of iceâ€"will be a comparatively poor one. . The heavy falls of snow before the heavy frosts came undoubtedly will mean poor iceâ€"ice with layers of snow. Only a rooted objection to poor puns prevents The Advance from saying that snow ice is no ice at all. This winter seems to given especial poignancey to the beautiful old song, ‘‘How would you like to be the Tceman?" comparisons, but simply to show what is being don« Iaiberal bearts were very sad because of the Conservatives elected according to the despatches received, an old Seottish faffner from the nearby rural seeâ€" tion cheered up his brothers in distress by calling out, ‘‘But, they‘ve no heard fra Zorra yet.‘‘ Before Poreupine hens do any crowing, Zorra must be heard from. Recently‘an East Zorra pullet laid an egg measuring cight inches in cireumference one way and ceight inches around the other way; in fact, what an Irishman would call a square round egg. The egg ‘weighod six full ounces, and contained a second egg inside. The egg from East Zorra is respectfully called to the attention of local hens,â€"not to make unfair THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO ral meeting of the Toronto city count ine order of business, called for ‘"pe e to her feet and commenced to voico she had,â€"the latter being the worse his death aS 1f the §80, ‘‘The doctor said I should take whisky and quinine.‘‘ ‘*Well?"‘‘ ‘*I don‘t know where to get the auinine.‘‘ The annual meeting of the above Society will be held at Porcupine on Friday, January 21st, 1927, at 11 a.m. J. M. NICOLSON, Secretary. PORCUPINE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY IN LOVING MEMORY OF ARTHUR, IX MEMORY of our mother, Mrs. J. S. Muskett, who died January 4th, 1926. HOTUSE FOR SALEâ€"At 76 Tamarâ€" ack streot; 4 rooms; water, sewer, ete, and furna(e in cellar; corner lot. Bargain for cash. or will be sold reasonably on terms. Apply to 76 Tamarack street. â€"2â€"4p. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE on Spruce St. South. Stable for three span of horses; also cow stable. Will be sold cheap; bargain for cash. Apply 5 Kimberley Ave., Timmins. | HOUSE FOR RENTâ€"Has two clean |__rooms and in good locality. Suitâ€" _ able for bachelors. Call phone 5023, | Timmins. 3p. SMART YOUNG ENGLISH I PINNISH WOMAN WAN‘ES WORK by day. Spedks English. Apply 66 Fifth avy enue, or P.O. Box 914, Timmins. â€"2 ‘3;) FOUNDâ€"A Watch. On the Governâ€" ment Road east of Poreupine. Owâ€" ner may have the same by proving property and paying for this advt. Apply to Walter Dunn, Poreupine, Ont. uis HOUSE AND CHURCH DECORAâ€" TOR â€" DESIRES â€" STTUATION,. Firstâ€"class man. Apply Box M.L., Advance Oflice, Timmins. â€"3p. LOSTâ€"On Dec. 30, 1926, purse conâ€" taining between $20 and $30 includâ€" ine two $10 bills, small bills and change. Also _ Hollinger coupon book. Lost between Buffalo Store and Union Coal office. Finder please return to Advance Office. â€"2â€"3p. LOSTâ€"Black pocket book lost in the post office on Tuesday morning. Contained $7.00 in cash and some keys. Owner was a lady who can not afford the loss. Will the finder please return to the Police Station, Timmins. â€"3p. FOR RENTâ€"Threé roomed furnishâ€" ed house. Apply to B. Lennan, 60 Broadway. corner Broadway and Eim St. 47t.f. S( HOUSES FOR RENTâ€"for location and â€" particulars apply _ Simms, Hooker and Drew, Dominion Bank Bldg., Pine St. N.. Timmins. â€"51. @#40009§94 C o2 . ce e o NC â€"@C C C WHAT YOU WANT 4Â¥ es *# A 4# s «t m % L in uo womam â€"Maisie and Bob. Toronto, Ont., Jan. 4, 1927. beloved baby of Mr. and Mrs. David Bough, MAKT YOUNG ENGLISH LADY, used to office and store business. Excellent references. Desires situâ€" ation at onee. Apply to Box L.A., Advance Office, Timmins. â€"3p. O RBE macher RENT. Four large rooms, on Third avenue. Reasonable rent. Apply J.~E. Williams, Real Estate, Schuâ€" POSITIONS WANTEED E. Williams, macher. HUMACHER â€"BUNGALOW TO KENT. Close to school, wellâ€"located. Immediate possession. _ Apply J. HUMACHER . APARTMENT ‘TO JR â€" REN‘Tâ€"â€" wellâ€"hinished Cstrosser Block. _ A Box 239, or phone 115 (ione but not forgotten. OMED HBQOUSE TO REX ctric dlights; $15.00 month; mmereral Applyâ€" W. toom 2, Gordon Bldg. IN MEMORIAM (NTâ€"Three Roomed apartment. ) _single room. Apply to room WWeed Block, «~2F T. 2â€"roomed office suite in â€"rourâ€"roomed â€" HMouse; _ _ woodshed. Apply dar street south, after 1Ci Gstatdt House ; Seltu 3p 10¢ PHONE YOUR STOVEâ€"WOO0D RFE. QUIREMENTS to S. B. Rawlinson, 55 Wilson avenue. Birch, Jack. pine, Tamarack. P.O. Box 174. Phone 477â€"W. ¢ â€"3â€"«G. AUDITOR WANTEDâ€"The Municiâ€" pal Corporation of the Township of Calvert requires the services of an Auditor to audit the ~municipal Books of 1926. Only persons qualiâ€" fied as auditor can apply. Applicaâ€" tions must be sent not later than February l1st, 1927, Address Clerk‘s Office, Township of Calvert, Ansonville, Ont. «.i PCOR SALEâ€"Green and Dry Birch, also Tamarack and Jackpine. F. Khoy Son, Phone 279 W.2, No. 78 First avenue. _ . } «14t.f. CANVASSER WANTEDâ€"Lady WANTEDâ€"Chefâ€"Cook desires posiâ€" tion, capable. Would take contract of Boarding. Address W. B. Cherry, 614 Wilson Ave. â€"3p. WANTEDâ€"General SHervant, Finâ€" lander preferred. _ Steady work. Giood wages. Apply 1230 Maple street, south. O L. GIRL _ WANTED FOR HOUSEâ€" WORK. Apply 10 Sixth Ave, or phone 258 W . â€"3ty. WANTEDâ€"Girl for general houseâ€" work. Apply to 27/ Wilson Ave. ROOM AND BOARDâ€"Apply to RUSSELIL HOTELâ€"ROOM _ AND BOARD, BY DAY OR WEEK. Hot and cold water; free bath. We handle the best brands of 4.4. When on your way to the River, step in and sample a bottle of iceâ€" cold beer. Don‘t forget the place, on the corner of Mountjoy and Wilson Ave. Phone 275 W. Wm. Hass, propriector. Whatâ€"you want, when you want it. 1â€"4p. IRL WANTED for general houseâ€" work. _ Apply 19 Hemlock street. FOR SALEâ€"Four only 6â€"ft, used Show Cases, at sacrifice prices. Ap:â€" ply, The Geo. Taylor‘ Hardware, Timmins, Ont. ~3, POR SALEâ€"Wicker furniture, conâ€" goleum rug, folding couch, kitchen range, heater, walnut bed, dresser, electric washer, 2 children‘s cots, floor lamp, kitchen furniture, baby carriage. , These goods to be sold ‘before Saturday at 117 Birch St. South. â€"3p. GRAMOPHONE FOR SALEâ€"Cheap Apply_to 105 Birch St. South. â€"2p FOR SALEâ€"Holstein Cow, due to HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE FOR SALEâ€"Apply to 46 Cambrai Ave. FOR SALEâ€"(One motor 15 horse power, 550 volts, 25 cycles. Reaâ€" sonable price. Apply to Lady Laurier Hotel. â€"d2t.£, FOR SALEâ€"Electric Washing Machâ€" ine, in good condition. Apply to 33 Borden avenue. 1â€"3p THE : VANITY FAIR BEAUTY SHOP is now prepared to give proâ€" fessional attention in all branches of Beauty Culture, as well as hair cutting and waving. Also have a firstâ€"class manicurist on hand now. Room 10, Marshallâ€"Eecelestone block COLD STORAGE FOR CARS. Apâ€" ply to B. F. Lennan, No. 60, corner of Elm and Broadway 46 PROPERTIES FOR SALE YOUNG ENGLISH LADY WOULD iIVE PIANOFORTE LESSONS to children at own home. â€" Terms Moderate. Apply to Box B.L., Advance Office, Timminst . â€"~3p. FOR RENTâ€"Bedroom and Kitchen. Hot and cold water. ,Heated. Apâ€" ply to 51 Third avenue. â€"3â€"5p. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGEâ€"Â¥Far. of 160 acres with 10 acres cleared Has house, henhouse and barn on property. Is about 5 miles from town, in Mountjoy Township. Also have magnet cireular saw, set of sleighs and wagon for sale. _ Will sell or exchange for town property. Apply to C. Dalley, 35 Toke st. 1â€"2p AAY Â¥ _ YY AJX 1 ; OPF gentleman ; liberal commission. Birâ€" rell Bell‘s Academy, St. Onge Bldpg., opposite Gray‘s Drug Store. 46tf White freshen Feb. 15. Also two sets Noble Sleighs. Apply E. Harrison, South Porecupine. â€"3h. Phone 344J ARTICLES FOR SALE OOM AND BO WOOD FOR SALE HELP W Lunch, Schumacher, Ont. â€"3p